Bag-handle connection



March i5 1927. 1,621,076

w.`A. LoTz BAG HANDLE CONNECTIONl Filed Jan. 51, v1924 wvantoz m@ @M1 gPatented Mar. 15, 1927.

Wiriraiir A. itoplez, or; niiii'ynninirnfwfsnnsnv.,Assrenon rro man T ai; do., rito., 'on NEWARK; NEW Jansma. AconPonArroN or NEWJERSEY;

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.applicateurs-ed January 31,119.24; serial No. esame.'

This .invention .relates 'to :improvements in means ifor. attaching bag.handles to.l their frames and .has asi its main object to .'-provide anessenti'ally simple device.' tori accomplishing' this result,4 the fsame fbeing.y .pleasing 'in appearance and of broad general applicatieneAnother aimis inthe-.provisio'npt acarrying handleA attachingvmeans,comprised of onlytwo partslfinekpensive to manufacture, easy to applyand whichV is not readily liable to derangement in use.

These several aims and objects are attained by the novel design,construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown inthe accompanying drawing, forming an essential part of this disclosure,and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of theinvention illustrating its ap. plication to a fragment ot a conventionalbag. Y

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the fastener, taken on thecenterl of the 2.5 same, shown as applied.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same, the section beingtaken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Figure l is a perspective View of the fixed or permanently appliedbracket element looking from the lower side.

Figure 5 is aside View of the handle engaging loop prior to engagement.in the bracket.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view oit the same showing a minormodification.

Throughout the several views the numeral 10 is used to designate anelement easily recognizable as an ordinary commercial carrying handle,such as is commonly used in connection With bags, valises and like handbaggage, the same being engaged in some manner with one of the members11 of a frame here shown conventionally, and to which the bag body issecured.

In the present instance the frame is pierced to pro-ducenarrovv.transverse slots 12, at about the center of its Width andsuitably spaced to receive the fastening elements of the brackets byvWhich the handle 10 is secured. Y

These brackets, designated generally by Vments With considerable detailand With re the numeral 13, are obviously used in pairs, and consist ofa flat rectangular plate 11i of appropriate dimension, having a centraltransverse, raisedportion'l-its curved .con` tour blending neatly. intothe .smoothfsur-lafce of the at:portionsoffitheplate; Y

f 'If-he plate edgesuare' flanged ldownsvfardiy n on opposite sidesfofthe 'elem'ent`15, to pre- 6o sentlside andend Walls, respectively '16and 17|,.the latter having-central extensionsl, which :mayiterminatepreferably in points 1 as fsh'rown, 'and which. f are'. :proportioned liyand adapted to .ente-rathe.rame'islots: 12 and l be 65 bent tightlyagainst the inner surface ofthe frame, clinching the bracket firmlythereon.

The side. Walls 16 contain open recesses 19 y having parallel edges andconcavely curved. bottoms as indicated, these recesses eXtendf ing intothe sides to points equivalent to the axis of the curved raisedeleinentsl, all of these elements being of unitary construction, beingstruck in dies from a single piece of sheet metal. L

The handle loops or eyes 2O are made from wire ot suitable diameter, theblank being shown in Fig. 5, in which it will be seen that theregistering ends 21 are suited to be engaged in the recesses 19 andhaveextending 80 from them convergingly curved elements 22, joined by asomewhat. flattened arc 2S.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 6, at the intersection of theends 21 and side elements 22, a groove 24 is made, the same 85V beingsuited toengage the edges of the recesses 19, this arrangement avoidingany possibility oit' displacement of parts. I l

In assembling, the loop is passed through the Opening hrovided for it inthe end ol the handle 10 and thereafter the end ele ments 21 engaged inthe recesses 19 ot the bracket., at that time firmly secured on the bagframe.

Pressure is brought to bear on the outer sides of the elements 22,causing the ends 21l to turn upward, as seen in Figures 2 and clinchingthe loop Within the bracket but permitting it .to turn freely, theextreme ends of the elements 21 clearing the interior 100 of the centralraised portion 15 of the bracket in Whatever angular position the loopmay assume relative to it, and it may be furtherpointed out. thatclosing theV loop side inwardly, causes the flattened portion 23 to 105assume its proper curvature.

Although I have described my improvespect to certain particular forms ofmy intenere] details since many changes and inodications therspirit andscope of my invention in its broad-est aspect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bag frame handle connection coinprising a bracket formed of Ysheetmetal in the shape of an oblong rectangle having a curvedcentrallyraised transverse portion, flanged siderand end walls formed on saidplate, said side walls having open recesses extending into the raisedportion, prongs on the end walls suited to engage openings in the bagframe and be clinched thereto,

and wire loops engageable with the handle,

the'ends of said loops being inturned to engage in theinentionedvrecesses and upturned clear of the upper Wall thereof wherebythe loops are seated in the recesses and prevented from spreading.

2. A bag frame handle connection comprising a hollow bracket having anarcuately *i raised, transverse central portion, means inedge of thebracket recesses to pivot therein,

said loop ends being bent to extend angulaily into the space below theraised portion of said bracket'and clearing the upper Wall thereof.

This specification signed and witnessed this 24th day of January, 1924.

WILLIAM A. LeT-z.

